Karen is a published author who won an achievement award for a poetry competition in 2007. She loved painting, reading, games of all kinds, and birdwatching. She was an animal lover who adored her dog, Lucy. She worked as a paralegal but her favorite thing was being a great Mom to her daughter.
Karen is survived by her loving fiance, Lou Martelli, her daughter, Veronika Ann (Chris Rives) Wilson and her brother, Stuart (Angela) Bevelle. She was preceded in death by her parents and her Aunt Lisa.
Services are private.